Automobile radiator condenser



July 17, 1923. I 1,461,726

H. 1... CRAFTS AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR CONDENSER Filed April 15 1921 6 INVENTOR 3 5 l. 0 E7233 1 I I o A ATTORNEYS .heat dissipating-surface.

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HAROLD L. CRAFTS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

AUTOMOBILE IATOE CONDENSER.

Application filed April 15, 1921. Serial No. 481,731.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I HAROLD L. CRAFTS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Radiator Condensers, of which the following is a specification.

' The'present invention relates to automobile radiator condensers, and an object thereof is to provide an inexpensive compact structure whichmay be readil fitted to the filling tube of a radiatorfor t e purpose of condensing the vapors arising therefrom and or returning the condensed liquid to the radiator. Another object of'the invention is to provide a compact construction which may be formed by a metal casting and will have a maximum heat dissipating surface with a' maximum condensing chamber.

To these and other ends the invention consists of certain' arts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation, a condenser constructed in accordance with this invention; I I

Fig. 2 is an axial section through the condenser showin the manner in which it is connected to t e filling tube of a radia or; and

3 is a plan view of the condenser.

Referrin more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the filling tube of a radiator and 2 the cap or closure which is-externally threaded and engages with internal threads on the filling tube; This cap or closure is surmounted by the condenser 3which is a cast metal body having a depending nipple 4 passed through a central opening in the cap and secured in lace by a nut 5 which bears against a washer 6. The cast body 3 may be formed of aluminum or other suitable material and rovidedwith a plurality of annular ribs 9 to increase the surface of the body in order to provide a large The body is rovided with an internal chamber preferably formed in two parts 8 and 9 separated by a partition or wall 10 which at 11 is spaced from the top of the chamber so as to provide communication between the two parts of the chamber. One

of these parts communicates with the opening 12 in the nipple, while the other part is provided with a lateral port or outlet 13 to the atmosphere, preferably between two of the radiating flanges 7 and preferably also inclined upwardly so that condensed matters cannot pass through the opening. The lower portion of the part 9 of the chamber communicates with the part 8 through a ,seal 14 in which the lower end of the partition 10 depends, one side of the seal opening to the part 9 of the chamber and the other side of the seal opening to the part 8. The walls of the two chambers may be provided with alternately arranged ribs 15 and these ribs, together with the form of the chamber, provide a circuitous passage through WhlCh the vapors are caused to travel before reaching the outlet 13. This circuitous passage condenses the vapors which are collected in the seal 14 from which the overflow into the radiator by way of the chamber 8 and the passage 12 in the nipple 4.-

.From the foregoin it will be seen that 7 while returning the condensed liquid to the radiator.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A condenser having a condensing chamber'provided with an inlet at its bottom, a

seal for collecting the condensed matters,

said seal communicating with the inlet so that the overflow. from the seal flows to the inlet.

2. A condenser having a chamber provided with an inletat the bottom and having also a partition in the chamber dividing the latter into two arts, communicating at the upper end of t e chamber, one of said parts being normally open to the inlet, and a seal at the lower end of-the other of said chamber parts communicating with thainlet.

3. A'condenser havinga chamber provided with an inlet at its bottom and having also a partition in the chamber dividing the latter into two parts, communicating at the upper end of the chamber, one of said parts being normally open to the inlet, and a seal at the lower end of the other of said cham ber parts communicating with the. inlet, the condenser being provided with a port in the second part above the seal and below the communication of said second part with the first named part.

4. A condenser comprising a body having a chamber formed therein with an inlet at the bottom of the body, a partition in said chamber dividing the latter into two parts, the upper end of the partition being spaced from the top of the chamber to provide communication between such two parts, a seal into which the lower end of the partition depends, said seal communicating on one side of the partition with one of the parts of the chamber and on the other side of the partition with the other part of the chamber, and one of said parts having open communication with the inlet.

5. A condenser comprising a body having a chamber formed therein with an inlet at the bottom of the body, a partition in said chamber dividing the latter into two parts, the upper end of the partition being spaced from the top of the chamber to provide communication between such two parts, a seal into which the lower end of the partition depends, said seal communicating on one side of the partition with one of the parts of the chamber and on the other side of the partition with the other part of the chamber, one of said chambered parts having open communication with the inlet and the condenser having a port leading from the other ofsaid parts at a point between the upper and the lower ed e of the partition.

' fiARoLn L. CRAFTS. 

